Wednesday, October 14, 2009

The Phantom Of The Opera [Original Cast Recording]

Overture - 4
Think Of Me - 4
Angel Of Music - 4
The Mirror (Angel Of Music) - 4
The Phantom Of The Opera - 4
The Music Of Night - 3
Prima Donna - 3
All I Ask Of You - 3
Reprise - 4
Entr'act - 3
Masquerade - 4
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again - 3
The Point Of No Return - 3
Down Once More... Track Down This Murderer - 3

Total - 49 stars / 14 tracks = 3.50 stars

Thoughts:
Listening to this album brought back a lot of memories of long car trips to Québec, listening to the Canadian POTO soundtrack and Abbey Road. Listening to this version (the original cast recording), I was distracted by Michael Crawford's voice. I ended up really frustrated because I was used to the Canadian recording and Colm Wilkinson's epically intense interpretation of the Phantom. Knowing how much better these songs could be when sung by someone else, this album leaned toward being a bit of a disappointment, but overall, it is still very solid.

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